Key Facts

Headquarters

1 American Rd.

Cleveland, OH 44144

Phone: 216-252-7300

Fax: 216-252-6778

Ticker Symbol

AM

Staff

Population:

29,500

1 year change:

9.7 percent

Financial

2006 revenue: $1,886 million

1-yr. growth rate: –0.9 percent

American Greetings

Company Overview

Highlights

Has been publicly traded since 1952.

Named to Fortune's 2004 list of "America's Most Admired Companies."

American Greetings, the second-largest greeting card company in America, doesn’t just sell cards; it also produces gift wrapping and party goods, stationary, candles, and hair accessories. Such items are represented under brand names like Designers’ Collection Stationary, Guildhouse Candles, and DesignWare. Learning Horizons, which hosts a line of educational material, and AG Interactive are both subsidiaries of the 100-year-old American Greetings. Products manufactured by American Greetings are sold in more than 70,000 retail outlets in the United States and upwards of 125,000 worldwide, with products and designs are available in roughly 70 countries.